During the period 1938-2018 Encyclopædia Britannica published annually a "Book of the Year" covering the past year's events to be considered as a supplement to the Britannica encyclopedia. A given edition of the "Book of the Year" is named in terms of the year of its publication, though the edition actually covers the events of the previous year.
Author(s): Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Year: 1977
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Title
Contents
Feature Articles
The Aftermath of Angola
The Coming of Metricated Man
Mexican Mythology and Modern Society
People of the Year
Biography
Olympic Champions
Nobel Prizes
Obituaries
Special Reports
Agriculture and Food Supplies: The Soviet Grain Disaster of 1975
Australia: Australia's New Political Balance
Canada: Montreal—Host to the World
Communist Movement: How Many Communisms?
Dance: The Bolshoi Bicentennial
Education: Functional Illiteracy in the United States
Environment: Habitat and the Human Condition
Health and Disease: Epidemic Control: The Eradication of Smallpox
Law: Law of the Sea III
Literature: Feminism and Literature
Spain: The Post-Franco Era
Track and Field Sports: Montreal: The XXI Olympiad
United Kingdom: The Irish Question
United States: The 1976 Presidential Election
United States: How the Debates Came to Be
Winter Sports: Innsbruck: The XII Winter Olympic Games
Chronology of Events, 1976
BOOK OF THE YEAR
AERIAL SPORTS
AGRICULTURE
ARCTIC REGIONS
AUSTRIA
BURMA
COMBAT SPORTS
CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
DEFENSE
EARTH SCIENCES
ECONOMY, WORLD
EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENT
FASHION AND DRESS
GAMBLING
HEALTH AND DISEASE
ICE HOCKEY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
JAPAN
LIECHTENSTEIN
LITERATURE
MALAWI
MOTION PICTURES
MUSIC
POLAND
RACE RELATIONS
RELIGION
SOUTHEAST ASIAN AFFAIRS
SWIMMING
THEATRE
UGANDA
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES
ZOOS AND BOTANICAL GARDENS
Contributors
INDEX
A
B
C
D
E-F
G
H
I
J-K
L-M
N-O
P
Q-R
S
T-U
V
W-X-Y-Z
